The Emmy-winning actress, 40, explained to Harry Connick Jr. on Harry Wednesday that 15 years of marriage to actor Freddie Prinze Jr., 41, has been paved with certain concessions on both sides to help their relationship run smoother.

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Gellar said that 'separate bathrooms' were among the keys to their union.

'I feel like there are certain things that should just be kept your own and they never need to know,' Gellar said. 'Also, maybe, possibly, a separate shopping credit card; or if you are a guy, maybe a separate gaming card so I don’t have to see how much video games cost.'

Life's a beach: Gellar and Prinze celebrated their 15th anniversary this past September

Avoiding fights: Gellar said that separating certain things - including credit cards and bathrooms - have been key in her union to Prinze

Connick said that his passion for video games have touched a nerve with his wife, Jill Goodacre.

'I was playing Call of Duty for a long time and it got to a point where - and I’m not kidding you - Jill said, "I’m going to leave you if you don’t stop the video games,'" he said.

Gellar joked that Goodacre 'should have called' her for advice.

Hitting home: Connick revealed that he and his spouse have had issues over his love of video games

I can relate: Sarah revealed that Freddie is a devotee of the video game World of Warcraft

'There used to be a game called World of Warcraft ... so I literally at this point lost my husband, so I joined a support group, not a joke, called Widows of Warcraft,' she said.

'This is a true story ... ladies, if you are losing them to video game world, there are support groups out there ... and you can meet other people who have dealt with this same issue' and have relevant advice.

The couple - who have an eight-year-old daughter named Charlotte Grace and a five-year-old son named Rocky James - initially met filming the 1997 teen thriller I Know What You Did Last Summer, but didn't date until three years later in 2000, exchanging vows in 2002.

Prinze told E! News earlier this year that their drawn-out courting was 'one of the reasons [he thinks their] relationship has always been so good.